Faisi claimed that the Kerala government gives importance to Southern-region of the state despite the northern Malabar region having the most assembly seats.
E Sreedharan, one of India's greatest engineers, is instrumental in envisioning and designing metro infrastructure in various cities in the country, especially the ambitious metro rail project in Delhi.
A police team had arrived with court warrant to arrest Ambatt Ashokan, CPM's Nettur branch secretary, when they were attacked by over 50 party workers.
The police said that the murder was pre-planned and that a decision on a psychological evaluation of the accused will be taken only after the completion of the arrest procedures.